Have you ever thought about why Americans nowadays are all about protection and safety and why does it have to include a firearm? America is relatively a new country with a few of the buried skeletons of older cultures, but if you spend much time overseas, there are still a few aspects that are tough to get across to the host country. One's race; another is guns. Americans own 88 guns per 100 people, but that doesn’t mean ownership is evenly spread. Guns are part of a lifestyle worth defending at high cost, and the positives of guns simply outweigh the risks. At this point, gun rights advocates have won the campaign over who can be armed and what with, so where people carry is the focus of debate. Should states and towns be allowed to determine whether citizens can be openly armed in Starbucks or the grocery aisle? Have you thought …show more content…
Gun enthusiasts evoke the right to bear arms, the need to protect themselves against a tyrannical government. But does race play a role in some Americans’? It depends on who you ask. “You can’t talk about guns in America without talking about race, Gallagher and others say.” (John Blake, 2014, Does Race Shape Americans’ passion for guns?) The United States has the most armed civilian population on the planet, they say, because some of its white citizens have a history of confronting racial anxieties by “gunning up.” “The NRA should stand for the Negro Rifle Association. Says Robert J. Cottrol, a professor of law and history at George Washington University in Washington.” (John Blake, 2014, Does Race Shape Americans’ passion for guns?) One of the first groups to dramatically tout its support of open¬carry gun laws was not a predominantly white group like the National Rifle Association. It was the Black Panther